The evolution of Soviet VTOL aircraft tells a story of technological daring, strategic necessity, and Cold War rivalry.

However, its conceptual innovations, engineering challenges, and historical context offer a fascinating glimpse into the ...

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As we celebrate the successful flight of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station and back, I ...

An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia's far east as it was preparing to land, killing ...

Powers is the son of Francis Gary Powers Sr., the CIA U-2 pilot whose capture by the Soviet Union in 1960 became one of the ...

Recreating the Soviet Union’s rationed food lines will hardly improve the lives of the poor in New York City.

Their GreenGold Tea is one of several new companies that brought tea fields in and around Ozurgeti, Guria’s regional capital, ...

Life in the Soviet Union was filled with strange contradictions ration cards and black market jeans, communal apartments, and ...